Tag: UAB Blazers

College football returns Saturday. Yes, I acknowledge Week 0 and am excited for it because I'm not an elitist knob. *clears throat, adjusts tie* With that out of the way, kickoff to another thrilling three months (and bowl season) sparks renewed energy. Each autumn is memorable in its own way, but certain seasons transcend even…

Though I am most certainly not one of the many bowl season detractors who crawl out of the woodwork every year, the stop-and-go nature of the bowl season's early half is somewhat annoying. The postseason began with a splash on Saturday, featuring five FBS bowls, and a sixth offering from the FCS. It felt almost…

Superlatives get tossed around rather loosely in the world of sports commentary, sometimes to a degree that they lose meaning. That said, I feel confident UAB football coach Bill Clark accomplished a feat we will never again see in the sport. For his efforts, Bill Clark is the only logical candidate to win National Coach…

No matter when your college football fandom began in the last 35 years, it coincided with an era of Miami Hurricanes greatness -- well, unless you became a fan in the past 12 years. From the 1983 season -- when Howard Schnellenberger led a previously moribund Miami program to a national championship -- and for…

Upsets in college football seem contagious. It's one of those strange phenomenons that cannot be rationalized or explained away with any metric. And thank the Gridiron Gods that's the case. How boring would the sport be if each Saturday went chalk? The upset is a central component of college football's soul. And this week, college…

Greg Bryant's life shouldn't be remembered for the way it ended. The young man who family members told Associated Press reporter Terry Spencer always smiled should be remembered. Bryant should be remembered for overcoming failure in pursuit of his goals. Bryant didn't give up on his NFL dream after his dismissal from Notre Dame due…

The MLB Playoffs technically begin tonight with the New York Yankees hosting the Houston Astros. I say technically because the one-game Wild Card matchup doesn't yet feel to me like a real part of baseball's October tradition. It functions to the MLB Playoffs as the First Four does to the NCAA Tournament -- only the…

The man most deserving of the Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year won't be on the sidelines for a single game in 2015; nor in 2016. But, through his commitment to UAB football amid the program's tumult, Bill Clark has proven himself a leader of award-winning caliber. UAB announced the football program's return from a…

The University of Miami debuted its new football duds for the 2015 season Saturday night in an event designed to capture the essence of The U. swagger. The Adidas-made Miami uniforms were unveiled at Club LIV at Fountainbleau Hotel, with a performance from Pusha T. HurricaneSports.com has more. Gear unveils are pretty standard stuff --…

Utah defensive back Dominique Hatfield, expected to be a starter for the Utes this fall, was arrested Wednesday on an aggravated robbery charge. KSL has the most in-depth report on Hatfield's arrest on allegations he robbed a man at knife-point. The University of Utah athletic department has yet to issue a statement, pending further investigation…

UAB president Ray Watts is college football's Public Enemy No. 1, even after Monday's announced reinstatement of the Blazer program. But the Blazers commanded national headlines for the last six months, which UAB never had before. With a flood of attention from national media came a commensurate outpouring of support from UAB fans and potential…

President Ray Watts announced Monday afternoon that UAB football will be reinstated, though laid out no certain timetable for the complete return of a program that never needed to shuttered in the first place. Should Watts announce the termination of UAB football once and for all, it would come as final twist of the knife…

It's becoming increasingly clear with each new revelation that those in power who forced the closure of UAB football had not interest in saving UAB football; facts be damned. The latest refuting university president Ray Watts and company is the release of a booster study Thursday that finds UAB football is actually profitable. Kevin Scarbinsky…

The 2014-'15 college athletic calendar has featured some noteworthy successes for UAB athletics, but the railroading and closure of UAB football casts a pall over all Blazer sports. The lingering malaise of UAB football having its 2015 season cancelled, with threat of ceasing operations altogether, was evident in the Blazer basketball team's run to the…